Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
13th October 1703
Edward
Blackman
proceedingsdefend
, of the Parish of St. Sepulchers
, was indicted for
feloniously taking a pocket Handkerchief from
Daniel
Mason
proceedingsvictim
, on the 20th of September
last. The Prosecutor deposed, That as he was coming through Newgate
, he catcht the Prisoner's Hand in his Pocket, and had pulled his Handkerchief almost out, but not quite, so it not appearing to be in the Prisoner's possession, the Jury
acquitted
him.